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double-handing

double-handing is the present participle and gerund of double-hand.

Meaning of double-hand

Verb

double-hand (third-person singular simple present double-hands, present participle double-handing, simple past and past participle double-handed)

  1. To use both hands to hold.
    • On the screen, big-bosomed blondes intimidated bad guys who looked like waiters at the Ivy, everyone double-handing their guns in absurd poses, tossing around 'perp' and 'forensics.'2009, Jonathan Kellerman, True Detectives, →ISBN

Questions about double-handing

What is double-handing the present participle and gerund of?
Double-handing is the present participle and gerund of double-hand.

Words near double-handing in the dictionary

  1. double-glazings
  2. double-hand
  3. double-handed
  4. double-handedly
  5. double-handedness
  6. double-handing
  7. double-handling
  8. double-hands
  9. double-hat
  10. double-hater
  11. double-haters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-handing (page history and authors); double-hand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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